Located in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation is one of four nursing homes in the area. Featuring an overall rating of C, this is likely a solid nursing home. This nursing home seems to have some things working in its favor. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility's best category grade came in the area of government inspections. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this area. Our inspection scores are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
The next best area we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.
Does this page answer your questions about Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation?
Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. Nursing scores are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed is long-term care, was this nursing home's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category likely don't provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities provide. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were concerned by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 88.07692 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 3.93% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 1.87% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents that experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 21.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 12.89% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 91.48% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 15.74% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 15.7% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 15.7 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 11.29 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ben Hur Health and Rehabilitation, 73.78% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Crawfordsville, IN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Crawfordsville, Indiana has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Franciscan Health CrawfordsvilleAcute Care Hospitals 2.73 miles away1710 Lafayette Rd Crawfordsville Indiana 47933Voluntary non-profit - Church(765) 362-2800
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Liberty Dialysis - Crawfordsville2.63 miles away1710 Lafayette Road Crawfordsville Indiana 47933Dialysis Stations: 10 (765) 359-1613